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On 03/12/2020 10:49, Sebastian wrote:
Dear Neil,
For a start I have installed FreeTube. Let's see how it goes. Thanks for all of this help. I suppose any of this will be needed only for any videos where I am asked to sign in before it will run. At the moment, most of them just run.Potential Solution No.1: Invidious ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This allows you to watch YouTube videos but with a different user interface - one that does not require you to sign in or make an account. It will be quite involved to host an Invidious instance yourself, but you can just follow a link to a public instance from this list: https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/master/Invidious-Instances.md Then you can just browse and watch videos like if you were on the official YouTube 'frontend', just without the pop-ups. If one instance on the list doesn't work, just pick another one. These kind of things get broken and then fixed again on a regular basis! Potential Solution No.2: mpv + youtube-dl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a great option for watching videos if you have the link. You can't browse YouTube with this method, but you can copy the URL from the address bar once you've found what you want to watch. I think you are on MX Linux, right? To install, run as root/with sudo: apt-get install mpv youtube-dl Now, in a terminal window, just type "mpv" followed by a space, and then the URL of the video you want. Like this: mpv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF3OWCYLLVQ Wait a few seconds, and lo and behold, up comes a window with your video! If you get an error, don't be surprised - like Invidous, youtube-dl breaks regularly. Just post here with the error message; it'll probably be something that can be fixed with an quick update or similar. And if all else fails... Potential Solution No.3: FreeTube ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Loath though am I to recommend such a inefficient program, I'll have to give it credit where it's due - it does work! https://freetubeapp.io/ The download link is at the end of the page; you should choose either .deb (x64) or the AppImage. If you need help installing it, I can try and offer some guidance here. If you choose the AppImage, you should be able run it by double-clicking its icon in the folder where it downloaded to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best wishes, Sebastian
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